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Recipients July 2020

Catalyst: Seeding

Funding round overview

Programme	Number of received proposals	Number of funded proposals
General	50	14
JSPS Joint Research Project	9	3

Catalyst: Seeding General

NZ PI	Institution	Project Title	Funding (GST Excl)	Months	Collaboration Partners	Collaboration Institution	Collaboration Countries
Dr Kate Hutson	Cawthron Institute	Understanding bacterial diversity to improve management of salmonid diseases	80000	24	Dr Andrew Barnes, Dr Richard Morrison, Dr Jeremy Carson	University of Queensland, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Carson BioConsulting	AUSTRALIA
Dr Jocelyn Turnbull	Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences	Airborne Radiocarbon Profile Measurements above the Amazon Rainforest	78000	24	Professor Luciana Gatti	National Institute of Space Research - INPE	BRAZIL
Dr Marilou Raduban	Massey University	Developing semiconductor thin films as radiation sensors	80000	24	Dr Jiri Olejnicek	Institute of Physics Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	CZECH REPUBLIC
Dr Anke Zernack	Massey University	Tracing Māori pumice artefacts to their volcanic source: implications for spatiotemporal variations of pumice use in New Zealand archaeology	80000	24	Dr Anthony Newton, Dr Margaret (Louise) Furey, Dr Erlend Jørgensen	University of Edinburgh, Auckland War Memorial Museum, Norwegian Institute of Cultural Heritage Research	UNITED KINGDOM, NORWAY
Dr Kevin Davies	Plant and Food Research	Sweet as! New tools and knowledge to advance nectary biology	80000	24	Professor Clay Carter, Professor Main, Associate Professor Michael Clearwater	University of Minnesota, Washington State University, University of Waikato	USA
Dr Edmar Teixeira	Plant and Food Research	Next generation approaches to assess broad implications of agricultural landscapes in New Zealand	80000	24	Dr Sylvain Leduc, Dr T Yao, Dr Anne-Gaelle Ausseil	International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) , New Zealand Forest Research Institute Limited (Scion), Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research	AUSTRIA
Dr Michael Rowe	University of Auckland	Remote sampling strategies for hot spring deposits on Mars	74800	24	Professor Nakamura, Dr Ozaki	Okayama University, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency	JAPAN
Dr Jichao Zhao	University of Auckland	Studying the Role of the Human Right Atrium in Atrial Fibrillation	80000	24	Professor V Fedorov	The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center	USA
Dr Lihua Tang	University of Auckland	Self-powered sensor node by harvesting low-frequency vibrations for sustainable environment and infrastructure monitoring	65000	24	Professor W Yang	Southwest Jiaotong University	CHINA
Dr Melanie Kah	University of Auckland	Building the foundation to improve the risk assessment of pesticides in Aotearoa/New Zealand	80000	24	Dr E Rosenbom, Dr Müller	Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, GEUS, The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited	DENMARK
Dr Alex Yip	University of Canterbury	Fabrication of a novel monolith porous structure for ethylene removal: a delayed ripening technology for transportation and storage of fruits	74500	24	Associate Professor Ogino	Hokkaido University	JAPAN
Dr Harald Schwefel	University of Otago	Space ready radiometers: detecting microwaves with light	80000	24	Professor LE García Muñoz, Dr D Vogt, Dr AM Seppälä	Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, University of Auckland, University of Otago	SPAIN
Dr Khoon Lim	University of Otago	Biofunctionalising Titanium Implants: Combining Plasma Treatments with Hydrogels	79200	24	Dr Akhavan	University of Sydney	AUSTRALIA
Dr Robert Keyzers	Victoria University of Wellington	Yellow may not be mellow: how does the gut microbiome process the common food dye, tartrazine?	80000	24	Professor E Allen-Vercoe, Dr L Kelly, Dr AJ Ryan	University of Guelph, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Northumbria University	CANADA, USA, UNITED KINGDOM

New Zealand – Japan Joint Research Project

New Zealand PI	Institution	Project Title	Funding (GST Excl)	Months	Japanese Collaborator(s)
Dr Kirsty Smith	Cawthron Institute	Mapping the predicted distribution of toxic benthic microalgae after forecasted global warming in Japan and New Zealand	60000	24	Professor Masao Adachi, Kochi University
Dr Toby Mundel	Massey University	Understanding Risk for Heat Illness in Women: Effects of the Menstrual Cycle	60000	24	Dr Tatsuro Amano, Niigata University; Dr Naoto Fujii, University of Tsukuba; Professor Narihiko Kondo, Kobe University
Dr Simon Barker	Victoria University of Wellington	Volcanic response to the depressurization of magma systems: the roles of deglaciation and collapse	60000	24	Dr Osamu Ishizuka; Geological Survey of Japan/AIST (GSJ)